Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Fubilan Catering Services Limited v Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 5)
[2006] FCA 505
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – venue of trial – 15 witnesses resident in Papua New Guinea – other witnesses in Queensland and Victoria – proceedings commenced in Perth Registry – counsel and solicitors in Perth – large quantities of discovered documents transported to Perth – no significant economic benefit derived from conduct of proceedings in Brisbane – direction that venue of trial be Perth – liberty to apply for particular witnesses to be adduced by video link
FUBILAN CATERING SERVICES LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA), MINERAL RESOURCES STAR MOUNTAINS LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA) v COMPASS GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 000 683 125), EUREST (SOUTH PACIFIC) LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA) and COMPASS GROUP PLC (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
COMPASS GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 000 683 125), EUREST (SOUTH PACIFIC LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA) and COMPASS GROUP PLC (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) v MOROCCO HOLDINGS PTY LTD and WILLIAM FENWICK
WAD 252 OF 2003
FRENCH J
5 MAY 2006
SYDNEY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY WAD252 OF 2003
BETWEEN: FUBILAN CATERING SERVICES LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA)
FIRST APPLICANT
MINERAL RESOURCES STAR MOUNTAINS LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA)
SECOND APPLICANT
AND: COMPASS GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
(ACN 000 683 125)
FIRST RESPONDENT
EUREST (SOUTH PACIFIC) LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA)
SECOND RESPONDENT
COMPASS GROUP PLC (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM)
THIRD RESPONDENT
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